Loud HDD

[RonnieSlowinski]

So for Christmas I build myself a PC. I have a 120gb ssd that I use for the OS and a 1 TB Caviar black HDD for everything else (just like most people) however, a couple weeks after receiving the HDD I heard ticking which escalated until it eventually failed. I sent it back and I got a new one in return. However, 3 weeks went bye before I got it back during which I used the SSD and because of that I got used to the glorious silence. Now that I have the HDD back it seems like it is too loud, I am not sure if this is just because I got used to the silence of it is because there is something wrong with it. I am afraid of sending it back to check up in case it is alright and I have to pay for nothing. I decided to turn here for help, below are the outcomes of what I measured using a decibel meter app on my tablet measured 5cm below the closed case (Bitfenix Podigy). On the WD website they say that these drives, even when active, should not exceed 30db, I know a home is not the best environment but at least it's something.

 

If it helps below are my PC specs:

Case: Bitfenix Prodigy

Motherboard: Maximus VI impact

Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 780

CPU: 4770k

Heatsink: Noctua NH-U12S

RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast 2133mhz

SSD: 120gb Samsung 840 EVO

HDD: 1TB WD Caviar Black

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

Did you use the little rubber things to help dampen this sound?

[RonnieSlowinski]

Did you use the little rubber things to help dampen this sound?

 

I used the rubber mounts on the caddy yeah, I know it is not the case but it is the spinning platter because it is still just as loud outside the case on a pillow

[flibberdipper]

WD Blacks are LOUD. Look into the Seagate SSHDs. I've heard they're quiet. Or, one of the Scorpio Blue/Black laptop HDDs. They're pretty nice.

[LogicalDrm]

WD Black is performance oriented drive. Ofc its loud. You can reduce noise by using cases rubber thingys or by antivibration kit. They actually do work and reduce noise. 3rd option is to set drive to sleep when not in use. But if you are like me and have half of everyday programs on HDD, not gonna work.

[AfroStorm]

If you are worried about it failing, have some active backups or just weekly backups. Then if it does die, you can get a new one from warranty and you don't loose all of your data? Also, is the sound some really loud clicking? or is it some loud electric motor noise?